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Health Encyclopedia: Type 2 Diabetes Risk Factors

Risk Factors

Over 19 million Americans have diabetes; up to 95% of these cases are type 2. In addition, 26% of Americans age 20 and older (and 40% of Americans age 65 and older) have impaired fasting glucose, a pre-diabetes condition that increases the risk for diabetes. According to a 2006 study, a total of 73 million Americans either have diabetes or are at risk of developing it.

Historically, type 2 diabetes usually developed after the age of 40, but it is now also increasing in children. Given...

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Intriguing Research: TB and Diabetes Risk and Cord Blood Stem Cells and Diabetes

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...TB among 258 children with type 1 diabetes under age 21 in TB prevalent areas. The prevalence of... Read more »

Diabetes, Weight, and Bugs

By David Mendosa , Health Expert

...a connection between being overweight and having diabetes. The only problem is that nobody knows... Read more »

Will Pop lose its Fizz-le?

By Dr. Frank Varon , Health Expert

The consumption of carbonated beverages (noticed I refrained from being specific -- no matter where... Read more »

Diabetes trends since 1999

By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert

...Trends From 1999 to 2006 and Effects of Medicare Coverage. The authors reviewed data from the... Read more »

Diabetes Incidence On The Rise

By GingerVieira , Health Expert

...found that about 33.9 percent of children between the ages of 10-14 had diabetes mellitus (they... Read more »

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Type 1 Diabetes

Long-Term ComplicationsType 1 diabetes reduces the normal life span by an average of 5 to 8 years. However, survival rates are improving in all ethnic groups and both genders. Longer survival rates... Read more »

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

... Am I at risk for gestational diabetes?The risk factors for gestational diabetes are:ObesityMaternal ageFamily history of diabetesRace/ethnicityLow birth weight history (mother) How does it... Read more »

Type 2 Diabetes

...ComplicationsPatients with diabetes have higher mortality rates than nondiabetics regardless of sex, age, or other factors. Heart disease and stroke are the leading causes of death in these... Read more »

Coronary Artery Disease: Risk Factors

...smoking, sedentary behavior, and blood pressure control. Some risk factors cannot be changed, including age, gender, and genetics. Nevertheless, their effects can still be modified with healthy... Read more »

Glaucoma: Risk Factors

...Major studies are helping to clarify the people who are at highest risk for glaucoma and optic nerve damage, including those with normal tension glaucoma.Elderly. The prevalence of chronic... Read more »

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